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The Bermuda Police Association has accused the Government of “ill feelings” in its employment negotiations. In a statement sent out this evening, Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the BPA, said the Government’s refusal to honour a partial agr...

The creation of a minimum wage for Bermuda took a step closer on Monday as legislation to set up a group that will consider pay rates was passed by senators. A six-strong Wage Commission will recommend a minimum hourly wage and a living wage as part ...

Passengers were left stranded after the bus service stopped abruptly yesterday. A Department of Public Transportation spokesman said the stoppage was because of a water outage at Fort Langton, Devonshire. He said the regular service resumed at 9.15am...

Legislated maternity leave and paternity leave will be enshrined in Bermuda’s labour laws, according to Lovitta Foggo. Ms Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Culture, said the Employment (Maternity Leave Extension and Paternity Leave...

Non-Bermudian workers will be required to enrol in pension schemes under new rules put in place by the Government. Finance minister Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the Government would adopt a string of recommendations put forward by...

Labour minister Lovitta Foggo gave a ministerial statement to the House of Assembly on the Department of Workforce Development 2019 Scholarship Awards and Student Summer Employment. Click on the PDF under “Related Media” to read the statement in full...

A promise from the education minister that he will be the longest to serve in the post will mean nothing unless staff discontent is tackled, a union leader said yesterday. Mike Charles, the general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “...

MPs have approved setting up a commission to look at the creation of a minimum wage. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the purpose of a minimum wage was to “protect workers against unduly low pay”. She add...

Legislation to raise the mandatory retirement age for Public Service workers by three years was passed with unanimous support in the House of Assembly yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Public Service Superannuation Amendm...

Unemployment among people under the age of 25 plummeted in the second half of last year, figures revealed yesterday. The Labour Force Survey Report from the Department of Statistics showed the jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds fell from 18.4 per ce...

Staff walked off the job and blocked entry to the island’s biggest hardware store yesterday in a protest over cuts to their health insurance. Employees shut the gates at Gorham’s on St John’s Road, Pembroke, at 11.45am and told customers that the sto...